TNS Astronomical Transient Report No. 227398 [ 2024TNSTR3831....1P ]

Date Received (UTC): 2024-10-02 10:34:10
Date made public:
Sender: Fritz
Reporting Group: ZTF     Discovery Data Source: ZTF

Daniel Perley (LJMU), Christoffer Fremling (Caltech), Theophile du Laz (Caltech) on behalf of ZTF report/s the discovery of a new astronomical transient.

IAU Designation: SN 2024xbf
Discoverer internal name: ZTF22aaqclvg
Coordinates (J2000): RA = 23:58:15.966 (359.5665269) DEC = -09:27:31.16 (-9.4586567)
Discovery date: 2024-10-02 05:44:44.998 (JD=2460585.7394097)



Photometry

Discovery (first detection):
Discovery date: 2024-10-02 05:44:44.998
Flux: 18.8883 ABMag
Filter: g-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin

Last non-detection:
Last non-detection date: 2024-10-02 05:11:12
Limiting flux: 21.1459 ABMag
Filter: r-ZTF
Instrument: ZTF-Cam
Telescope: Palomar 1.2m Oschin


Details of the new object can be viewed here: https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2024xbf